Scary Stuff

Purple People Eater

Sammy the Tigger

Pirate Daniel

Princess Allie

Ashley the Ladybug

Jordan the Dragon

Bryan the Storm Trooper

Zach the Lion-Hearted

Happy Halloween

I love Halloween. Must have started with getting all that candy when I was a kid. I don't like to dress up, but I love to see those that do. I love to go to Albertson's and other stores where the employees really dress up. And just seeing "Little Bo Peep" on Boston Legal makes my point. I love the decorations and the fun stuff, but not the scary nor the bloody. My favorite thing is seeing what my grandkids will be every year. Lynsie is at the creative state, last year she was the "Twister" game, this year, she is the "Purple People Eater." I've had the singing purple little guy for years, he has sung his song since Lynsie was small. I especially love the little ones, how fun they are. Going to Grandma's house before Halloween and showing off their costumes days before Halloween is a tradition. It's hard to get them all in the same place at the same time though.

Bye Bye Flowers

It's time, the flowers are freezing. We can't put off any longer than summer has gone. I took one last picture of my flowers. The tomato plants have frozen and I have a bag of green tomatoes. Halloween is next week, Thanksgiving the week after that and Christmas is right around the corner. I see no reason to complain of Holiday items in the stores, time flies so fast we need to get started as soon as possible. To get the election over and out of the way is one reason I am glad for time flying. But look out world, there is nothing going to be easy coming up. We need to buckle up and get ready for the ride.

R & R

This weekend we were able to take a break at one of our favorite places. We go to Park City in the off season of skiing, as the ski season is $$$$ and summer is $. We have been going to the Silver King since the kids were young. We found it by accident one year when the place we wanted to go was booked. The Silver King is a condo/hotel so some of the rooms are owned. So it is a new adventure everytime we go to see what kind of room we get. They all have jetted tubs, full kitchen, washer/dryer, fireplace. They are nice big rooms. And we get away from the real world and enjoy this old mining town. This room was exceptionally fun, and we were able to participate in the first snowfall of the season. (big whoop) I am so not ready for winter.

Family Pictures

In the role of motherhood, the first major goal is potty training, the second is getting them to stay by themselves in the Primary nursery. Third is the dreaded Family Pictures. When you are a young mother, you worry about clean clothes, spit up, and no one crying. As the family gets older, you worry about clean clothes and everyone showing up. When they grand kids start to come, you worry about clean clothes, spit up and everyone showing up and no one crying. We haven't had an official family picture since 2000. We've added nine more bodies for a mother to worry about, now it's finding clothes that match, so that those who don't know your family as well will know who belongs with whom. Then when you decide to have them outside, you worry about the weather. We have had the driest summer in Salt Lake in my memory. The only other days of rain were the times we tried to go to the zoo as a family. Last Saturday was beautiful. Today it rained until about 7:00 pm, about 12 straight hours. The ones who were on time had exhausted children but the time the whole family was together. And when we did the grand kids, they were all about crying. A typical snapshot of the end of a family get together. So watch for it this Christmas, we'll see if we can find one where we are all reasonably respectable looking. : )